The “50,000 Texts” Edition

Political Gabfest

Slate Podcasts

News, Politics, Government

4.4 • 8.5K Ratings

🗓️ 25 January 2018

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz discuss the integrity of the FBI, the usefulness of government shutdowns and the value of survivor testimony during sentencing. Join Slate Plus! Members get bonus segments, exclusive member-only podcasts, and more. Sign up for a free trial today at www.slate.com/gabfestplus. Twitter: @SlateGabfest Facebook: facebook.com/Gabfest Email: gabfest@slate.com Show notes at slate.com/gabfest Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the Slate for the Littical Gap.
0:08.8	That's for January 25th, 2018, the 50,000 Texas edition.
0:13.0	I am David Plott's, an Atlas of Stura.
0:15.4	I'm in Washington, DC.
0:18.0	In New Haven is Emily Bavons in New York Times magazine.
0:21.2	Hello, Emily.
0:22.6	Hey, David.
0:23.6	And in Manhattan is John Dickerson of CBS's This Morning.
0:27.7	Hello, John.
0:29.2	Hi, good morning.
0:30.2	Good morning.
0:31.2	Good morning.
0:32.2	Good morning, CBS.
0:33.2	Good morning, CBS this morning.
0:34.2	John just pointed out that he was in his third hour of banter.
0:38.2	So it could be, it could be amazing.
0:41.0	It could be awful.
0:43.0	We'll see.
0:44.0	We'll see.
0:45.0	We'll see.
0:46.0	People, you have to do it.
0:47.0	It's like too much sugar cereal or something, you know.
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